Ian Peate is Visiting Professor of Nursing at St George's University of London and Kingston University London; Visiting Professor, Northumbria University; Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Hertfordshire; Professorial Fellow, University of Roehampton; Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nursing, Consultant Editor of the Journal of Paramedic Practice, and Consultant Editor of the International Journal of Advancing Practice.

Claire Leader is Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, and Faculty Director of Inter-professional Education, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK. Claire is also an editorial board member for the British Journal of Midwifery.

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Acknowledgements xviii

Chapter 1 Learning the Language: Terminology 1
Joyce Targett

Chapter 2 Cell Physiology 23
Rebecca Murray

Chapter 3 The Female Reproductive System and Associated Disorders 41
Claire Ford

Chapter 4 Embryology and Fetal Development 60
Jenny Brewster

Chapter 5 Genetics 85
Sarah Malone and James Castleman

Chapter 6 Tissues 108
Iñaki Mansilla

Chapter 7 The Placenta 128
Antonio Sierra

Chapter 8 The Musculoskeletal System 146
Suzanne Britt

Chapter 9 The Circulatory System 174
Kate Nash

Chapter 10 The Cardiac System 194
Mel Cameron-Radford

Chapter 11 The Digestive System 218
Clare Gordon

Chapter 12 The Renal System 245
Ashleigh Ward and Elizabeth Routledge

Chapter 13 The Respiratory System 266
Alison Anderson

Chapter 14 The Nervous System 292
Claire Ford

Chapter 15 The Endocrine System 317
Rosalind Haddrill

Chapter 16 The Immune System 338
Angela Frankland

Multiple Choice Answers 363

Index 370